Whew! Well, first of all: DON'T PANIC ! This is the Grad Student's Guide to Cornell Astronomy,
where the collected wisdom of generations of grad students is available for your reading pleasure. Briefly:

If you have questions beyond what is covered here, feel free to
contact the maintainers of this page,
or any of the other graduate students: if you'd like to know
something, chances are, others will too, and we should add it to this
page.
And of course, a general disclaimer - this is advice based on the
personal experience of graduate students,
but use it with caution: your mileage may vary.

That's it - remember, don't panic, and we look forward to seeing you at Cornell!